Dump-distributer for dump grain-bins.



J. R. PATTINSON. DUMP DISTRIBUTER BOR DUMP GRAIN BINS. APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1908.

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' To all whomit may concern:

4 UNITED; STATES ATEN FFICE.

I iTOHN PATTINSON, onsTArFonn, KANSAS.

I 'DUMP-DISTRIBUTER FOB DUMP GRAIN-BINS.

Be it known that 1, JOHN It. PATTINSON, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Stafford, in the county of Staiford and State of Kansas,,have invented a new and Improved Dun -Distributer for Dump GrainBins, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to bins such as used for dumping grain or similar substances.

The objectof the invention is to provide means forfacilitatingthe dumping of the grain intothe'bin- 1 The invention is especially useful where a r number of bins are used, and affords means for directing the grain into'the different bins. The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificathe device being shown in elevation; and Fig.

2 is a plan showing a smallportion of the floor and the corner where four bins meet, and

furtherillustrating the construction and operation of the bin, and showing the door over the distributer open.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the dumping floor over the bins where thegrain is dumped. My dumping device 2 is placed in the floor 1 and at the intersection of the vertical walls 3 of the bins. The device comprises a guide ring or cone I ring 4, the flange of whichis screwed to the ate from a hub or pulley 10. Below this hub 10, a downwardly projecting stub shaft 11 is provided which isseated ina bearing plate 12 attached tothe upper edgesiof the bins, as indicated. 7

I Specification of Letters Patent. Agitation ,filed November 11,1908. Serial No. 462,018.

Patented. May 25, 1909.

. At a convenient point, which, may be near the distributer, I provide a vertical spindle 13 mounted in a suitable stand or case 14 mounted on the floor. The up er end of this stand 14 is provided with a clial 15 having numbers in the margin thereof indicating different bins. The spindle 13 has a crank 16 with a pointer 17 which may point to these different numbers on the edge of the dial. The lower end of the spindle 13 is provided with a belt pulley 18, and a belt 19 connects this pulley with the pulley 10. These pulleys are of equal length so that the angle of the distributer will be the same as that of the crank or arm 16. When the pointer is at the number 4:, the opening 8 will be directly over the bin 1. When the distributer is in this position the grain which is dumped into the cone ring 4 will be excluded from the bins 1, 2 and 3, but will be directed through the opening 8 into the bin 4. In this manner the distributer can be placed in any position for directing the grain into any one of the bins. When the distributer is operated in this manner it will be observed that the edges of the opening 8 may be made to coincide substantially with the planes of the walls of the bins at the corners.

In the opening 5 the door 20 is attached by suitable hinges, as shown. This door is normally closed but may be opened, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and as indicated in full lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A plurality of adjacent bins having intersecting walls, in combination with a rotatable distributer mounted at the intersection of-said walls said distributer having a bottom closing communication with said bins and having an opening adapted to direct the grain into any one of said bins.

2. A plurality of adjacent bins having intersecting walls, in combination with a rotatable distributor, a bottom closing oif all of said bins except one, said bottom having an opening therein adapted to come over any one of said bins to direct grain thereto, a floor over said bins, a spindle passing upwardly through said floor, means for indicating the position of said opening with respect to said bins, and means for rotating said distributor from said spindle.

3. A plurality of adjacent bins having intersecting Walls, a dumping floor over said bins, having an opening at the intersection of said Walls, a Wheel rotatably mounted under said opening, having a chute bottom adapted to direct grain into any one of said bins, a pulley on the under side of said Wheel, a spindle passing up through said floor, a pulley carried thereby, a belt connecting said pulleys, a stand for said spindle having a dial 1o thereupon, and a crank for rotating said spindle, lying adjacent to said dial and indicating the position of said Wheel With relation to said bins.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 15 two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN R. PATTINSON. Witnesses:

AsA. J oLLY, R. DEGRAW. 

